Welcome to the June meeting of the Nimble Thimbles quilt bee!! This month's meeting was held at Gayle's house. Special thanks for hosting and thanks to Candy for filling as photographer for today's meeting!! There were 10 members present (if I recall correctly.) Prior to Show and Tell, there was a brief scheduling discussion. Check upcoming meeting dates
HERE on our blog.
Joy fired off a couple shots upon arrival:
Margaret was working on her hand piecing project...
... While Ella trimmed up some HSTs:
Joy also started off Show and Tell (so that she could concentrate on taking notes!) She took a box of Joanna's narrow scrap strips and used the 2" pieces to make a really long strip for scrappy binding or a "homemade" Jelly Roll quilt:
HERE is the quilt that she WOULD have shown, had it not been delivered on Monday! She showed the phone photo, instead:
Cheryl B. escaped the camera, but HERE are the (paper pieced) blocks that she made in ONE WEEK during February and has been since then to share with us. This was her first time paper piecing and she LOVES it. She used tracing paper as her foundation to make the Jinny Beyer blocks:
THIS is a shot of Gayle's Paula Nadelstern Ornament Tree:
Speaking of Gayle... She wanted a quick sewing project, so she made Holiday "Tube" pillow cases:
Linda showed off her LAST Class Quilt:
She's giving up gifts like this tote bag, made by the Class Mom, to be an EC Resource Teacher:
Linda also had another TELL... She's buying a house in Candy's neighborhood:
Dee Dee had a TELL:
Carol had a lightning strike in her yard while she was away. She came home to find that her telephone, cable, and dog fence had been knocked out. Taking care of those things and unable to be here with us today.
Dee Dee also collected 22 blocks from our members for the Fort McMurray (Canada) fire victims:
Jean brought her "Willie" tote made for a friend...
... And issued a WARNING!! Her Ott Light that fell apart when she moved it to vacuum:
She now has to buy a new base. Ott Light Company will NOT replace it, but offers a new base for sale. That's pretty telling, if you ask me! They KNOW it's a problem and have chosen to make MORE money on the faulty item.
Willie got it into the tote that Jean made:
We also got a look at the Nausea Quilt (and 3 of us actually LIKE it!!) Cheryl B. suggested that adding a solid border may calm the quilt down:
There was discussion about Jean having learned a lesson in value as the group viewed the quilt top:
Here's Nausea from a different perspective:
Candy is proud of the Trail Tote that she made:
An interior shot:
This is the Small version:
Another of the Large size (made because she used the fabric for the intended strap for the original bag, but it didn't work - so she made a bag to go with the strap!):
Here's an interior shot:
Ella needed an opinion...
About the top and bottom borders of this Twin Snowflake Quilt:
She made the "bonus" triangles (like Joy) and thinks she may be addicted! I believe that she said she has enough pinwheels for another quilt:
Ruth B. wanted us to know that she is doing things and brought a stack of blocks at proof that she is making progress on her Pinwheel Quilt:
A reminder of what the quilt (which she calls Twirly in Reverse) will look like when is grows up:
And her portable project...
From THIS book:
Margaret made a pillow case, too. Hers is from a kit purchased at Ashville Cotton Company:
And went shopping at Symposium and bought this handcrafted Quilt Mirror from Thomas Hannon of Manassas, Virginia:
She elected to purchase a Commemorative FQ Tote, too:
These items came in the "goody bag" at Symposium:
Joy got a new T-shirt from
Two Chicks Designs:
Margaret took a class on hand piecing with
Mickey Depre :
Cheryl B. went did some over-the-top quilting on Margaret's House Quilt:
The reverse print was used on the back and Margaret changed the sashing and cornerstones:
Helena was here and here's the proof. Her TELL was that she is slowly making progress on her
Daybreak Quilt:
By the time Show and Tell was done, it was time for lunch! The majority of us enjoyed a leisurely meal and wrapped up sometime around 1:00. A few of us got to see the collection of paintings that Gayle has been working on lately (instead of quilting) and Joy snapped a picture for you all to see:
Nice work, Gayle!!
LINK to the bag pattern that Candy (and Britt before her) used to make single-strap bags:
http://www.robertkaufman.com/quilting/quilts_patterns/trail_tote/#color:1
Until next time...
Think QUILTY thoughts!!!
